Picture the scene: you're a candidate in the 2007 general election, a Fine Gael hopeful in Cork South-Central. It's a bear pit of a constituency, one of those five-seaters that always frays the nerves. And it's your first time. Jerry Buttimer, a popular local councillor, was this candidate and while he did not win, he did something unique and unprecedented during the course of the campaign: he kept a diary of the whole thing. From the relentless canvassing and the temporary elations, to the ca...
Most people believe that large corporations wield enormous political power when they lobby for policies as a cohesive bloc. With this controversial book, Mark A. Smith sets conventional wisdom on its head. In a systematic analysis of postwar lawmaking, Smith reveals that business loses in legislative battles unless it has public backing. This surprising conclusion holds because the types of issues that lead businesses to band together—such as tax rates, air pollution, and product liability—also...
The 'ideal type' is Max Weber's hypothetical leading democratic politician, whom the author finds realized in Tony Blair. He is a politician emerging from no obvious mould, treading no well-beaten path to high office, and having few affinities of tone, character or style with his predecessors. He is the Outsider or Intruder, not belonging to the 'given' of British politics and dedicated to its transformation. Here is a timely critique of Blair's political persona as he presents himself to the Br...
Funny Trump Journal - Believe Me. You're An Amazing 41 Year Old Other 41 Year Olds Total Disasters. Ask Anyone.
by Trump Gag Gifts
Britain Votes: The 2019 General Election (Hansard Society Series in Politics and Government)
Britain Votes: the 2019 General Election analyses a remarkable contest. Boris Johnson's Conservative Party turned prolonged parliamentary stalemate into a decisive overall majority. The Conservatives' victory saw the demolition of much of Labour's 'red wall' of seemingly impregnable seats. This volume explains how and why this happened. A team of distinguished academics examine how the dramatic Conservative triumph was achieved. They assess the importance of the Prime Minister's promise to 'Ge...
Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton? (in Russian and English Languich)
by Boris Romanov
Azerbaijani Presidential Elections 1993
Of the People, by the People, for the People
by Thomas J Baldino and Kyle Kreider
Women's Suffrage in Britain, 1867-1928 (Historical Association pamphlets)
by Martin Pugh
For many in Britain the issue of the country's membership of the European Union is the biggest political decision of their lifetime. It affects their livelihoods, their communities, the life chances of their children and their grandchildren and, above all, their sense of themselves. The existential nature of what is at stake is, perhaps, the reason the rift in British society is so deep. Geraint Talfan Davies, writes as a committed European, but also from the perspective of Wales - of the UK's n...
The Canadian General Election of 2000
by Jon H. Pammett and Christopher Dornan
The authoritative study of the campaign and the election, containing articles from such well-known writers as Edward Greenspan, Paul Attalah, and Mary McGuire.
Unmasking Singapore's 2020 General Elections: Covid-19 And The Evolving Political Landscape
by Bilveer Singh, Walid Jumblatt Abdullah, and Felix Tan
On 10 July 2020, Singapore held its 18th general elections in history and the 13th since independence in 1965. The ruling People's Action Party (PAP) once again retained its supermajority by capturing 83 out of the 93 seats, controlling 89.2 percent of parliamentary seats. In spite of a changing social, political and economic landscape, Singapore is still very much identified as an illiberal democracy that has somehow thrived over the years.As the general elections was held during the COVID-19 p...